Kharafi Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Kharafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 314 | 1:84,157 | 5,552 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kharafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kharafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kharafi (Marathi: खारिफ) is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kharafi? popularity and diffusion
Kharafi is the 687,524th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. The last name Kharafi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kharafi live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most widespread in Yemen, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 84,157. In Yemen it is most frequent in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 93 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 7 percent live and Hajjah Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Yemen Kharafi occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 18 percent live and Iran, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kharafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kharafi in the Marathi language | ||
| खारिफ | kharipha | 50 |
| खराफी | kharaphi | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kharafi
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